Dr Hitchcock @drh@octodon.social

Here is a google doc with a list of bail funds and legal help by city https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X4-YS3vFn5CLL9QtJSU0xqmTh_h8XilXgOqGAjZISBI/mobilebasic

no stream tonight, i don't think it's something i want to do right now

if you're able to attend a protest, please do. please be as safe as you can and do your best to protect your identity and the identities of those around you. use water for teargas. if you're white, listen to the black folks around you rather than doing your own thing. this isn't about us

if you can't attend a protest but are able to spare some money, lookup your local bail fund and see if you can know anyone on the ground who could use some cash for supplies

here's a couple places i've donated to:

https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/

https://www.gofundme.com/f/pdx-protest-bail-fund

https://freethe350bailfund.wordpress.com/

https://www.northstarhealthcollective.org/donate

https://www.massbailfund.org/donate.html

if you can't do either, it's understandable. just do your best to support your communities, specifically the black folks in your communities

and fuck every cop everywhere

https://t.co/BpuTCFoAYL

People protesting in the US right now: watch this video from 36c3 that goes into detail on tactics used by protesters in Hong Kong. If this keeps up these will be needed and there’s no reason to reinvent the wheel https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-10933-what_the_world_can_learn_from_hongkong#t=2278

my coworker pellets guy sent me $500 of his stimulus check to redistribute to masto folks in need, so i decided to create a community stimulus redistribution gofundme!

if you don't need some or all of your stimulus check, please donate! after a week I'll divide the funds and send an equal payment to everyone who requests one.

DONATE: https://www.gofundme.com/f/mastodon-community-stimulus-redistribution/

if you are in need of financial help and want to receive part of these funds, here's a private 1-question form: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/52DJ5KN

"For the first time, astronomers have observed a star orbiting the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. And the star is dancing to the predicted tune of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity."

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/16/world/star-black-hole-dance-einstein-relativity-scn/index.html

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